Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be explaining the church's actions in her broadest venue yet: the Lambeth Conference, a once-a-decade meeting of Anglican bishops from around the world starting Wednesday. Jefferts Schori said she's looking forward to the "face-to-face conversation" at the event.

Less than a month ahead of a global gathering of Anglican leaders, conservative bishops angry about the liberalism of churches in the United States, Canada and elsewhere are meeting for a strategy summit in Jordan and Israel.

Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said she does not expect up-or-down votes on the role of gays and lesbians in the church at a meeting of global Anglican leaders in England this summer.